Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Last 100 Day of Washington

THE WALL STREET PRIMARY -- “Wall Street Republicans’ dark secret: Hillary 2016,” by Ben White and Maggie Haberman.:
“Two dozen interviews about the 2016 race with unaligned GOP donors,
financial executives and their Washington lobbyists turned up a
consistent … consolation candidate if [Jeb] Bush demurs, … Chris
Christie doesn’t recover politically and no other establishment favorite
gets nominated: Hillary Clinton. Most donors and Wall Street titans
have not lined up with any candidate yet, waiting for the field to take
shape after the midterms. But if Bush doesn’t run, the list of
Republican saviors could be short. Some donors fear Christie will never
overcome the Bridgegate scandal. Rep. Paul Ryan … so far seems more
inclined to stay in the House … And to varying degrees, … Florida Sen.
Marco Rubio and Govs. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and John Kasich of Ohio …
are either unknown or untrusted.”

In an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live,
former President Bill Clinton copped to having aides search Area 51 as
well as papers on Roswell, N.M., “to make sure there was no alien down
there.” When Kimmel asked Clinton whether he would have informed the
public if he found something, Clinton said, “Yeah.” Clinton also
admitted that he thinks aliens may exist, given the vast expanse of the
universe. “If we were visited someday, I wouldn’t be surprised,” he
said. “I just hope it’s not like Independence Day.” Ending the
speculation with a hopeful note, Clinton said that an alien invasion
“may be the only way to unite this increasingly divided world of ours…
think about all the differences among people of Earth would seem small
if we feel threatened by a space invader.”* THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE: Bill Clinton checked Area 51 records for aliens while President(NYDN)

Former
AIG chairman Hank Greenberg filed a state ethics complaint against
Assistant Attorney General David Ellenhorn, charging that he
deliberately lied in the civil fraud case the attorney general’s office
brought against Greenberg, the Daily News’ Ken Lovett writes: